Embossing-gage



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMBossING-GAGE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

`Patented Aug-.17, 1920.

Application filed October 1, 1919. Serial No. 327,808.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, (iconen NEUMANN, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ot Illinois, have invented a certain new vand useful Improvement in Embossing-Gages, of which the following is a speciiication,

My invention relates to embossing gages and has tor its purpose to provide a gage for use with hand orpower embossingpresses, which will insure annilorm placing of the paper stock embossed therein. j

I `illustrate my invention more or less diagrammatically inthe following drawings wherein: l

Figure l is a View of the upper surface of my gage; i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation or' `my gage in place in the embossing press;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3&3 oi Fig. l;

Fig. 4; is a section on he line Jr-4: `of

F ig.`5 is an end elevationof the two parts or' the stop removed from the plate;

Fig. G is an alternative 'form of stop used with my gage.

Like parts are illustrated by like numbers and letters in all the figures. j

A is a flat plate preferably of nickelplated metal, but of any suitable material which can take a smooth hard sur-tace. It

l isbeveled ofi'I as at B on the side adjacent the have illustrated four of these centrally disposed slots althoughthe number might be varied. Interrupted by the slots I) are other slots F parallel to the slots E with similar The lower -surrounded or beveled edges. face (ir of the plate is flat. The slots all open into grooves (il. on the lower surface, which run parallel with-the slots, but are of con- A siderably greater width. Some or -all 0i the slots may" be lined with graduated `marks as at G2, to assistintheaccurate adjustment of stopsI-I which ride in the slots. Each stop is composed of anfupper stop member IIl `with an upwardly and outwardly extending flange H2 at the upper edge oi. its forward iiace. .The lower surface of Hl forms a ridge H adapted to penetrate the slot. The stop is pierced to receive a thumb screw I-I* which passes through the slot and penetrates a nut Hr adapted to lie within the grooves G1 on the under side oit the plate. `The lower suriace et lthe nut is substantially i'lush with the lower surilace of the plate and its upper surface is formed with the projection H, which penetrates the slot. I a variant form ot stop, with a long flange I1 upwardly and forwardly inclined from its forward face.

J a securing means illustrated as a spring finger, whereby the plate A is adj ustably secured to the press. Its shape and.

length maybe varied, and a plurality of such securing means may be used, the requirement being that they yieldingly secure the plate A tothe press permitting adjustment.

It will be understood that I might greatly l vary the shape, proportion and relation of all the parts without departing from the spirit ot my invention. In particular, the arrangement oi slots which I havehillustrated may be almostiniinitely varied. The

`number may be changed-and the spatial relations ol the longitudinal. and transversal slots. The details of the stop may also be `greatly changed, the salient feature of the invention as a whole, being the adjustment of a plurality of paper engaging stops, some on longitudinal and others on transversal axes on a flat plate. I do not limit myself to the specific means of adjustment illustrated.

The use and operation oit my invention are as follows: v

It is present practice to hold the stock in place by means of pins or slugs which. are pinned in or sealed on a card-board placed in `liront of the press.A These are di'licultol adjustment and almost impossible ot accurate adjustment, all adjustment being a matter of guess work. Then the pins or slugs are not accurately adjusted, the stock will be badly centered, and theembossing out of place. Furthermore the pins, which are most commonly used, 'cut the edges .oi the paper stock, particularly when thinstock `is used, and thus both injure the stock and impair the placing. The card-board in which the pinsare `placed and to which the slugs are sealed with sealing waminust be replaced continually, since it rapidly wears out, or is injured by the application and removal of pins or slugs. rl`his waste of stock and cardboard involves a considerable loss, to which must be added the waste in operating time required to make the clumsy adjustments.

lhe plate is clamped in place on the eml bossing press-by such means as are commonly -justed with relation to each other.

furnished in such presses for holding the card-board, earlier mentioned. rlwo stops are ordinarily used on the set of slots perpendicularto the press. rlhey support the bottom of thestock, and must be accurately ad- 'lhe graduated marks en the slots makes this easy, The broad slots horizontal to the press provide for a single stop used to hold the edge of the stock. The slots on one side of the plate will be used for right hand feedingand those on the other side for left hand feeding.

The paper to be fed into the machine is simply placed on the plate, the lbottom of the paperbeing supported in place by the two lugs adjusted along perpendicular slots, andthe side of the paper being positioned by the stop inthe horizontal slot. The graduated' marks along the slots enable the operator to make the setting of the two lower` lugs uni-form, .provided the gage plate is accurately lined with the work. The graduated marks will enable the operator to repeat the setting of Vearlier runs of work provided he makes a notation of the setting at that time.Y

. When small stock is being used the stops onfthe perpendicular slots can be pushed up almost to the beveled forward edge of the plate,rand' the lateral stop on the upper horizontal slot will be used. The gage is prepared for large stock by placing` the stops Yon the perpendicular slots along the outer edge ofthe gage and by moving the lateral stop to the lower horizontal slot. Obviously a vconsiderable number of stops might be used, being kept at the extremities of the slots to obviate the necessity of moving the j stops from slot to slot, but in practice three or four stops are found to be enough.

The bevelingv of the forward edge of the gage prevents indentation of the stock by the edge of the plate.

The beveling of the edges of all the slots obviates the risk of the edges or .corners of the stock catching or bending or tearing. VThe slots further provide, space for insertionof thelinger tips to lift the stock from the gage when the work is completed,'or shift it on the gage when that lis necessary. 1

Therflange or ridge on the lower surface ofthe stops prevents the stock from slipping in under the stop member..

I have illustrated an alternative form of stop, with aV long upwardlyv inclined liange upon its forward face. This stop is adapted to receive stock whose edges tend to curl up. The outer tip of the flange is considerably higher above the gage than the base of the flange, and the curled edges are not so likely to pass over it as they are in the other form of stop.

rhe nuts which ride in the groovesr on the lower side of the gage are iiush with the bottom of the gage. lt is thus possible to shift the stops on the gage without removing the gage from the surface on which it rests. rllhus the gage may be kept securely fastened to the press during :nljustment ol the stops thereon.

I claim:

l. An embossing gage adapted to be rcmovably and adjustably attached to an embossing press, adjacent the embossing stamp thereof, comprising a flat plate and means for securing it to the press, the side adjacent the stamp being beveled, said plate penetrated by a plurality of slots, some parallel with the beveled edge, and others perpendicular to it, a central group of the perpendicular slots continuing unbroken substantially across the plate, the remainder intercepted by the horizontal slots.

2. An embossing gage adapted to be removably and adjustably attached to an embossing press, adjacent the embossing stamp thereof, comprising a fiat plate and means for securing it to the press, the side adjacent the stamp being beveled` said plate penetrated by a plurality of slots, some parallel with the beveled edge, and others perpendicular to it, a central group of (he perpendicular slots continuing unbroken substantially across the plate, the remainder intercepted by the horizontal slots, adjacent the beveled edge.

3. An embossing gage adapted to be removably and adjustably attached to an embossing press adjacent the embossing stamp, comprising a fiat plate and means for securing it to the press, the side adjacent the stamp being beveled, said plate pierced by a plurality of slots, and stops adapted to be adjusted along said slots, each comprising an upper stop member, a longitudinal lug on the bottom of said member adapted to penetrate the slot, a nut engaging the bottom of the plate and means to lock the stop and nut together against the plate.

4l. An embossing gage adapted to be removably and adjustably attached to an embossing press, adjacent the embossing stamp` comprising a flat plate pierced by a plurality of slots and means for securing it to the press, the side adjacent the stamp being beveled` the lower surface oi the plate broken by grooves broader than said slots. into which said slots open, a plurality of stops adapted adjustably to be secured in said slots, each comprising an upper stop member with a forwardly projecting lip on the upper edge of its face, a longitudinal lug on the bottom of the stop adapted to penetrate the slot, a thumb screw penetrating the stop, a nut envaged thereby, said nut shaped to lit Within the groove and lie flush With the lower surface of the plate.

5. A gage adapted to be removably and adjustably attached to a press, adjacent the stamp of said press, comprising a quadrilateral flat plate and means for securing it to the press,` said plate pierced by a plurality of slots, some of said slots being par allel with the edge of the plate adjacent the stamp, others being perpendicular thereto, a plurality of said perpendicular slots being intercepted and divided by said horizontal slots, said horizontal slots being intercepted and divided by a central group of vertical slots.

6. A gage adapted to be removably and adjustably attached to a press, adjacent the stamp of said press, comprising a quadrilateral flat plate and means for securing it to the press, said plate pierced by a plurality of slots, some of said slots being parallel with the edge of the plater adjacent the stamp, others being perpendicular thereto, a plurality of said perpendicular slots being intercepted and divided by said horizontal slots, said horizontal slots being intercepted and divided by a central Group of vertical slots, and stops adapted to be adjusted along said slots.

In testimony whereof I affix Iny signature, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 241th day ot' September, 1919.

GEORGE NEUMANN.

Witnesses:

MINNIE M. LINDENAU, ELnANoR B. Sroor. 

